Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — It gives me great pleasure to speak  in support of the Road Management Amendment  (Peninsula Link) Bill  2012  and this great  project, which I think few would dispute is necessary for not only the long-term vitality of  the  Mornington  Peninsula  but  also..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit)  —  Last  Thursday  I had the pleasure of attending the opening of a  new maternity and  neonatal  services facility at  Werribee  Mercy Hospital. The hospital  already  provides wonderful maternity health services to families in  our  community,  and  these  services  will  be enhanced..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) —  On  another matter, a new  health  service will be added  to the Wyndham community. I am aware that land has recently been sold for another large private hospital to be built in the area.  The details of the project are yet..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I rise to address the  Transport Legislation Amendment (Marine Drug  and Alcohol Standards Modernisation and Other Matters)  Bill 2012. In so doing I  express  my  appreciation to the minister’s office and department for  their willingness to provide briefings to  me.  That ..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — The  adjournment matter I raise is for the Minister for Planning,  and the action I seek is that he review the situation that has arisen for  landowners in Wyndham as a  result of  recent changes  to the  urban growth boundary in  the..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) —  I address  a matter  of road  safety near Suzanne Cory High  School  in my electorate, which was funded and substantially built by  the former Labor  government. More than  half  the current students  at Suzanne Cory travel to and  from school by..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) —  It also gives me  pleasure  to address part 2  of  the report on the 2012-13 budget estimates released today. I direct the attention of the  house  to  two  aspects in  particular. The  first is  a table  at A7.10.3, identified  as  ‘Responses  classified  ..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — In rising to speak on  this bill, I feel challenged  by the  contribution  of the member for Essendon, which opened with  a  quote  from Albert Einstein.  I too would like to  draw on a quote  from Albert Einstein. He said, ‘If..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I rise to express grave  concern for  the welfare  and treatment of a highly  respected Victorian businessman  who has been working  in Dubai,  Mr Matthew Joyce. In January 2009 Mr Joyce attended a meeting with Dubai police. He was not allowed..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — It gives me great  pleasure to speak on this matter of public importance. Having been both a trained lawyer  and  also a union official for some 18 years, I have a passing appreciation of the law and the right to the presumption..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I refer to page  8 of the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee Report on the 2012-13 Budget Estimates — Part One and  in  particular to section 2.3.1 entitled ‘Budget challenges’.  In response to the challenges of the high Australian  dollar,  the..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) —  In  rising  to  speak  on  the  Evidence  Amendment (Journalist Privilege) Bill 2012 I wish to indicate  that  our  position  in not opposing  this  bill, in  effect,  is  apprehended  upon  the  recognition  that journalism is an important profession and an intrinsic part  of..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) —  I rise  to speak  again on  the matter  of transport infrastructure in the city of Wyndham, which I have done on  six occasions  over the past 18 months, and note that I continue to get no substantive response from the Baillieu..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — It  gives me pleasure to rise  to speak in relation  to the  Port Management Further Amendment Bill 2012. In so doing I want  to express my concern about the delay in the progression of debate on this bill.  You would have..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I also rise to address the Forests Amendment Bill 2012. In so doing I want to  reaffirm the opposition’s position that this bill and its implications should properly be considered through a joint parliamentary process by the Environment and Natural Resources Committee. ..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I rise to express concern about the matter of ambulance ramping times at Werribee Mercy  Hospital  and  the  need  for the government to recognise and invest in meeting the growing health needs in Wyndham. The Wyndham Weekly  recently reported that the hospital’s..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — It gives me pleasure  to rise to speak  on the Statute Law Revision Bill 2012. In doing so I recognise that the work  of this Parliament and the need for constant revision of statute law are important. On occasion the drafters of bills..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I  rise  to express my concern about the increasingly inadequate state of school transport funding in  my  electorate  in  the city of Wyndham.  The  funding allocated  for  new public  transport  initiatives in the 2012-13  budget  has again fallen  well  short of..